Monday, December 5, 2016

For weeks now, our house has been QUIET, at first we thought the outside cats were planning a revolution because one of their own has now made residency within the walls of our nice warm house, but that wasn't it....................(and that is a WHOLE nother story)

NOPE, instead everyday Gussie would get up early, and leave the house sometimes not to return for a few days, Maggie and I put our heads together, and all we could think of was that he was BACK to doing this........

BUTT that was not even close...............so I guess dear friends lets set back and Let our gussie boy tell you where HE REALLY WAS.

Hi family:
I was approached late one night by a pup all dressed in a black suit and tie. He asked me if I was Angus McConnell Long and I said yes, and I asked him if he was auditioning for the new "Men in Black" and he took out a white sheet of paper and made a big red check mark on it!!!!

He told me right away check marks are BAD and I could only have 5 or I was OUT...OUT....OUT. Well being the super bright pug that I am, I asked him, "out of Mr. Chewy Treats, cos if that is the case I am already OUT...OUT...OUT cos our Mom is working her *&&^% off and never gets to do a review!" He took off his shiny black glasses and rolled his eyes at me, and made ANOTHeR REd CHECK MArk. I was starting to think if this pup smiled his face would crack.

SO he handed me over these official looking papers, the kind that Dad gets and calls junk mail and throws in the trash can, (at first I thought I had won the Readers Digest Million Dollars, and I could surprise mom wif a vacation ) BUTT it said I was selected to become a POSSIBLE candidate for the Blogville Police Department, and if I do extra well I could even become a DETECTIVE. WHOOHOOOO!!!!

BUTT.........furst they would need to talk to my neighbors, about my LIFE and also look into some accusations they had heard concerning the prior mayors of blogville, and their campaign trip with ME as their driver. UM.........folks that could be a stumbling block...........remember this.............

Do you think Willie could impact me NOT getting into the police academy??????????????????????

So I called Willie and we went over any questions they may ask us so our answers would match........of course there was nuffin to hide anyway............cos after all Willie is Willie, and Gussie is Gussie.

I also called up my ole friend Santa and asked him if he could put a good word in for me,

The snotty pup asked me about my sordid past with Chrissy!!! Oh my Lord, that troll has come back to haunt me! I told him there was NO past, that she had tried to sabotage me becoming one of Santa's elves, and it almost worked but I outsmarted her. Whew!!

and the next fing I knew I was standing at the door of the Academy, a knocking on the door, and darn it guess who answered the door, yep that pup in the black suit, with his darned red check pen, glaring down at me.

Apparently he thought the only way I got in was having friends in high places............bhahahhahah.

So I worked hard.............

"Hey buddy, um.....my butt is stuck can you help a fellow out?".......................

and I played hard

with all my buddies...............

I practiced my driving skills in the getaway ..cough...cough....police car...............

and then this happened.

Yeppers Mr. Pup in Black meet your new DETECTIVE, you had better hope YOU never end up on the other side of the table from me!!!!!

Detective Angus McConnell Long reporting for duty Sir.

(oh my pug what have they created.........Stella Rose Long...........p.s. we hate that we can only read about 10 blogs at a time, we cannot even go back and read yesterdays or any that we have missed in the past, what is going on with our blogger??)

Thursday, December 1, 2016

This is what blogville does, many times my family here has stepped up and send cards, and gifts to my family member in need. Its so wonderful to belong to a family that really cares. Please read the following.Stella Rose

To Donate Money For Easy’s Medical Expenses:

PayPal – The fastest way is PayPal. Because of the differing currencies we encourage you to use this method. The money will go into an account (monitored by Idaho Pugs) and then transferred to Easy’s Family. When you donate the money select the option “Sending Money To A Friend”. Make sure you select that option! To use PayPal you need your own account (sets up quickly and easily). Go to PayPal and send the money to pugranch2[AT]msn[DOT]com

We are trying to avoid setting up a GOFUNDME page because they take a larger part of the donation for their fee (5%+) and we want as much money as possible to go towards Easy’s medical expenses.

There will also be an auction announced soon by Mollie & Alfie One Wing.

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Its always hard to understand why some prayers are answered and others are not. I know Easy is loved by one and all, and when he got sick, heaven was overloaded with words of encouragement and love for this boy and his family.

Easy though has never taken the path of the familiar and often made his own road for the day, even now. So with our heavy hearts, and many tears, one more part of our family, this blogville tribe says goodbye. He will be dancing in the stars forever, and each time we look at the brilliancy in the sky, he will forever take our breath away.

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

MACEY'S TEMP IS GOING DOWN, AND THE REDNESS IN HER FOOT AND LEG ARE STARTING TO FADE!!! SHE STILL IS NOT ABLE TO PUT ANY WEIGHT ON HER FOOT, BUT HOPEFULLY EACH DAY SHE WILL IMPROVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYERS AND GOOD THOUGHTS!

NOW THE WORRY IS WHAT CAUSED THIS CELLULITES AND HOW DO WE KEEP HER FROM EVER GETTING THIS AGAIN.

WITH A TEMP OF ALMOST 105 AND A WHITE COUNT OF OVER 17,000 IT IS VERY WORRISOME. THE RED ON HER LEG DID NOT SHOW UP UNTIL AFTER THE ULTRASOUND EARLIER ON MONDAY, AND THAT IS WHEN THEY FIGURED OUT IT WAS CELLULITIES.

WE KNOW WITH HER HAVING LYMPHEDEMA THERE MAY BE SEVERAL BATTLES AHEAD FOR HER TO FIGHT, BUT WITH YOU ON HER SIDE, SHE CANNOT HELP BUT WIN THEM!!!

ONCE AGAIN IT WAS YOU MY BLOGVILLE FAMILY, THAT I CONTACTED WHEN SHE BECAME ILL. HOW IMPORTANT YOU ALL ARE TO US.

A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO JOSIE (CHARLIE'S FROM DOWNUNDER GRANDDAUGHTER) WHO SENT HER A FACEBOOK PICTURE FROM FARAWAY IN AUSTRIALIA, WITH A MESSAGE TELLING HER TO GET WELL SOON. WHAT A LITTLE SWEETIE!!!

Monday, November 7, 2016

Did you know when you check in, you also have to CHECK OUT .........that is why you do not see us check in very much............its hard when we check out cos we are not sure of the next time, we can check in....................does this make sense at all.

Mom works ALL the time, ALL. THE. TIME. Finally this coming weekend she will have two days off, first time in almost 3 weeks. She is lucky to have this job, but it comes with disadvantages also, like NO blogging, and now driving in the dark, watching for deer, and missing you and us, and everyone.

THAnK PUGNESS for Princess Leah or mom would have FOrGOT Mags birthday, Poor Maggie is still waiting on her pressies.

Mom tries to touch base on facebook but it is not the same EVER, cos blogville is Number one ......

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

I toles my mom the other night when Jes's dad went to heaven that all those little pugs of his waiting at the rainbow bridge was a dancing and a singing, and a hugging on him, giving him those sweet puggie kisses. Mom said she thought so too, and she even thought that they would have the most wonderful time together from now on. I told her I was worried about how Jes and Lily were doing.

Mom said they were just fine, they were doing their job of hugging on their mom, and laying close by her just to show how much they love her. Mom said we are like anxiety medicine, in a more healthy way, as soon as humans touch us, their spirit calms down, and their brain starts to think more clearly.

I asked Mom if we were packing our bags, and leaving for Missouri, so we could be present at the funeral, and she said sadly that we could not go, but she had came up with a plan. She said she had been thinking and thinking of something important and special to do for Mary Ann, and finally she figured it out. (mom did share she is going down to spend a weekend soon)

See, Mary Ann and my mom are best friends, they are family, and have shared some funny memories, and some sad memories, you know like family does. Mom even has a memory that involves threatening Mary Ann with duct tape on a trip from Iowa to Indiana over the summer. Luckily she did not have to follow through with that threat.......lol............We love Mary Ann, and are sad that we cannot be there this week for her.

Instead, though Mom will be there right beside her, when she first picks out what she is wearing, when she is thanking friends and family for coming to see her, when she listens to the music playing, and even when they hand her the beautiful red, white and blue flag. When Mary Ann feels like she can't find her breath, or when her words are tired, and when the tears come, Mom will be there, and all she will have to do to find her extra strength, is to put her hand in her pocket. Its simple.

Sometimes our life is to LOUD, and to BUSY and way to HARD..........and in all the hubbub of todays world simple is hard to be found, in fact simple could almost be extinct. So Mom decided simple may be the best gift she can give to her best friend/family right now.........a picture in the pocket.

Monday, October 17, 2016

WE feel like we are looking in from the outside, through a window filled with Blogville and all our friends and all the activities that we are missing. Its HARD for mom to even find one day a week to post a blog or answer comments.

Mom just got done with her first 13 day work stretch. It was hard, and long, and tiring, and 5:00 in the morning is not always pretty--and she drives to work in the dark, and comes home in the dark....and she is whiney and grumpy.

We miss you all and we feel like we will never find our way back to you. In our brains we know it will not last forever, and we are brave, in our hearts we are not brave and we are sad.

Today we are sad about Mary Ann our dearest friend whose husband passed away early this morning, some of you met her at the BAR with sweet Jes. We are also very sad about some of our friends here in Blogville who has went to the bridge since we have been gone. SAD.

Maybe mom should be her own patient at that wacky clinic she works at........do you think they have a pill for "missing blogville"?

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Mom is in the middle of her 13 day work stretch, she is on day #5. It seems that it is much harder for us to get on here, and read comments or even post once a week, and we are ashamed to say Facebook, it is fast and easy for us to like something or comment quickly and check on our friends.

That being said, it is still nothing like our Blogville, and being part of this family. Mom tells us it will not be like this forever and before long we will be back blogging happily and answering your posts.

A wonderful thing happened because of Blogville and we wanted to share it with you. Well, you all know our Macey. And her lymphedema. Finally, after fighting insurance companies and medical supply companies Maceys $8,000.00 pump arrived a few weeks ago.

Once a day for one hour she uses it, we can see some difference in her foot and leg, but we also can tell that she must be faithful and always keep on her schedule. She is handling the routine very well.

So that was good news, BUTT here is even better news. Last week Charlie's mom from downunder posted a letter that her granddaughter had sent to the prime minister asking for his permission for an angora rabbit. Apparently, there is a rule that where she lives no one can have rabbits. Grandmas started talking and came up with the idea that maybe Macey and Josie could be REAL snail mail pen pals. What a grand idea.

So here is Macey at the post office mailing a Halloween card to her faraway friend. Whooohoooo....see how blogville impacts our life so wonderful!!!

On Saturday mom did not have to work so she had three of the grandgirls over to our house to make chocolate covered apples ........well you know how pinterest items do not always look like our own......

Piper, McKenna and 1/3 apple on a jumbo stick.

Macey stirring the chocolate.

Macey decorating the apples.

Where's Piper?

Macey and Piper with Halloween teeth.

Completed leftover apple slices.

In the little village of Bentonsport, buying pumpkins later in the day.

So Mom and the girls had a great day. We three pugs mostly laid around hoping something sweet would be dropped on the floor to us. We did snuggle with the girls while they watched the new goosebumps movie.

(One year ago today our dad had his work accident. It has been a long and changing year for our family. He has his last appt. with the back doc yesterday so the next step in his life is to do a Function Capacity Test. The doc yesterday told him he has at least a 30% loss with his arm, and we do not know the results of the back yet. We are glad this year is almost over. Always though there are people and families in much much worse places then ours, we have an immense amount to be thankful for, so please send your prayers today to others struggling when we may not even know.)

Monday, September 26, 2016

MOM fooled us. We thought we were getting ready for trick or treating and candy.

Instead we were really going to see our own Frankenvet.

Mom drugged us with a anti-anxiety drug.

We are researching the amount of prison time for that. We need to make sure we can stand living wif our dad alone for that long before we call the district attorney. We may give her a pass this one time. Living with Dad alone, is scarier.

WE did great. Gussie did not even scream one time. Nails, butts, and two rabies shots done. The Frankenvet loved our prison clothing. It is appropriate we told her cos we live and play in Alcatraz.

Mom is learning her new medical job. Sometimes she answers the phone, "law office"..........um......we wonder how long they will keep her.

Monday, September 19, 2016

We have been gone for awhile now, and Mom knew she needed to write this post but has been putting it off. Today is our 980th post, so we only have 20 more to go to hit the big 1,000...which we will....down the road.

In a few weeks it will be one year since our Dads accident. Wow, has he went through a lot in this year, and so have we puggies, and our momma. Dad is almost done seeing all the doctors and will be doing some tests to see if he can even work anymore in his life. The arm doc told dad that he has a permanent frozen shoulder and he can only lift it so far. So more changes, and adjustments. One new change at our home is mom is going to be working at a second job. She will be working as a medical receptionist at a walk in clinic about 30 min. from home. She is nervous and excited about her new job. She will still have her old job just different hours, so it will be harder to blog.

Mom loves to blog, and she loves us, and loves sharing the funny stuff about us with you. So don't give up on our mom if you don't see her as often. She still checks your blogs to make sure everyone is okay, and will try hard to comment. She is not leaving blogville, just slowing down for awhile.

She does get on facebook and check on peoples also, so you will see her there around ......

From Mom:
My friends sometimes there just is not any words to tell you all how much you mean me and my family. You have been there through so much, and have always helped out whenever I asked anything of you. I know I can always count on you, and that makes the folks here very rare, and hard to find in the whole world. You are truly what every family should strive to be. Blogville.

Thursday, September 1, 2016

DID you notice the kittens got to do THEIR review FIRST. Yep now you know they run our house and pay no attention to the PUG RULES found on the wall beside their inside beach.

So this month we chose to try Whole Earth Farms, Natural Salmon Stew which is MADE IN AMERICA and all natural.

So Mom gets our breakfast ready by first putting our dry kibble in each of our bowls. We eat grain free kibble and then Mom mixes some of this stew in with it. We are so picky mom says but we loved this salmon stew.

See how meaty and chunky it is. The chunks are super soft so mom just smashed them down, put some of the gravy in with it, and we went to town filling our bellies.

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If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together... there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we're apart... I'll always be with you.” A. A. Milne

Stella Rose

About Me

I started out being the ONLY pug living with my new parents. They rescued me from the "crualella deville puppy mill" when i was 4 months old since then they have rescued two other pugs...my little brother Sam, and trudie our new rescue who is 6 years old. I am almost three and Sam is almost two.